Confederate Army of the Shenandoah

The Confederate Army of the Shenandoah was an army of the Confederate States of America that was active from May to July 1861 at hte start of the American Civil War. The army engaged in a skirmish at Hoke's Run on 2 July 1861, its first clash with the Union, and it also fought at the First Battle of Bull Run alongside the Army of Northern Virginia. After Bull Run, the two Confederate armies were merged together.